January 2023

30 Jan

FFDD23: Pre-Jury Film Sound Wanted

Film sound fans wanted: Until 19 February, we are looking for film and music enthusiasts aged 18+ for our Film Sound Pre-Jury. So if you love challenging films and their sounds and want to get an insight into the festival happenings, then pay attention: In the Film Sound Pre-Jury, everyone aged 18 ...

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25 Jan

Outlook on FFDD23: Retrospective Artūras Barysas

The Filmfest Dresden retrospective this year with the curator Dr. Claus Löser is being dedicated to Artūras Barysas, one of the most important representatives of the artistic underground scene in Lithuania, which was occupied by the Soviet Union until 1990. Under the title of "The Sweet Word ...

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23 Jan

Outlook on FFDD23: Focus Québec by Matthew Rankin

This year, Focus Québec is being curated by the Canadian director Matthew Rankin. With his selection of personal favourite short films from Québec, the audiences will experience daring and radical depictions of Québec, and that with a lot of humour, atmosphere and formal innovations. The director, ...

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20 Jan

Outlook on FFDD23: Discourse Europe: The Basque Country and Catalonia

When Barcelona was allowed to host the Olympic Games 30 years ago, the international glamour of this great event continued to shine even after the Olympic fire had long since gone out and transformed the whole of Spain. A serious financial and economic crisis finally caused the bright utopian life ...

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17 Jan

Outlook on FFDD23: Focus on Anti-Racism

For the 35th edition of Filmfest Dresden, we warmly invite all film fans to Dresden from 18 to 23 April 2023 to experience and enjoy our wide-ranging programme of exciting short films from across the world on the silver screens in our festival cinemas and other venues. In addition to the ...

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